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Geographical Location
Between 20°34´ and 26°38´North latitude and between 88°01´ and 92°41´ East longitude
Political Boundaries
North: India
West: India
East: India & Myanmar
South: Bay of Bengal
Capital
Dhaka (Metropolitan area
202 Sq Miles
Land & Soil
The
land consists of flat fertile alluvial land of 147,570 Sq Km with
territorial water of 12 nautical miles. Around 230 rivers flow across
the land.
Standard Time
GMT +6 hours
International Airports
Zia International, Dhaka Abul Hannan Airport, Chittagong Osmani International, Sylhet
Sea Ports
Chittagong and Mongla
Mineral Resources
Natural gas, Limestone, Hard rock, Coal, Silica sand, While clay, Radio-active sand, Oil
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| GDP-purchasing power parity |
$275 billion (2004 est.) |
| GDP-real growth rate |
7.0% (2006 est.) |
| GDP-per capita: purchasing power parity |
$2,000 (2004 est.) |
| Aid-per capita |
$10.1 (2003) |
| Agriculture |
20.5% (2004) |
| Industry |
26.7% (2004) |
| Services |
52.8% (2004) |
| Revenue, excluding grants |
23.4% (2004) |
| Population below poverty line |
35.6% (1995-96 est.) |
| Lowest 10% |
3.9% |
| Highest 10% |
28.6% (1996) |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
5.8% (2000) |
| Labour force |
64.1 million (1998) |
| Note:
extensive export of labour to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar,
and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in
1998-99 |
| Agriculture |
65% |
| Services |
25% |
| Industry and mining |
10% (1996) |
| Unemployment rate |
3.6% (2002) |
| Revenues |
$4.9 billion |
| Expenditures |
$6.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000) |
| Industries |
jute
manufacturing, cotton textiles, garments, tea processing, paper
newsprint, cement, chemical, light engineering, sugar, food processing,
steel, fertilizer |
| Industrial production growth rate |
6.2% (2001) |
| Electricity-production |
13.493 billion kWh (2000) |
| Fossil fuel |
92.45% |
| Hydro |
7.55% |
| Other |
0% (2000) |
| Electricity-consumption |
12.548 billion kWh (2000) |
| Electricity-exports |
0 kWh (2000) |
| Electricity-imports |
0 kWh (2000) |
| Agriculture-products |
rice, jute , tea, wheat, sugarcane, potatoes, tobacco, pulses, oilseeds, spices, fruit; beef, milk, poultry |
| Exports |
$6.6 billion (2001) |
| Exports-commodities |
garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood |
| Exports-partners |
US 31.8%, Germany 10.9%, UK 7.9%, France 5.2%, Netherlands 5.2%,
Italy 4.42% (2000) |
| Imports |
$8.7 billion (2001) |
| Imports-commodities |
machinery and equipment, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, raw cotton, food, crude oil and petroleum products, cement |
| Imports-partners |
India 10.5%, EU 9.5%, Japan 9.5%, Singapore 8.5%, China 7.4% (2000) |
| Economic aid-recipient |
$1.575 billion (2000 est.) |
| Exchange rates |
Taka per US dollar - 69.00 (October 2006), 55.807 (2001), 52.142 (2000), 49.085 (1999), 46.906 (1998), 43.892 (1997) |
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